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I've almost always heard "creationism" used in a much narrower sense: > The term creationism most often refers to belief in special creation; the claim that th

I've almost always heard "creationism" used in a much narrower sense: > The term creationism most often refers to belief in special creation; the claim that the universe and lifeforms were created as they exist today by divine action, and that the only true explanations are those which are compatible with a Christian fundamentalist literal interpretation of the creation myth found in the Bible's Genesis creation narrative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism

TheFreim 3y ago
It's going to depend on who you are around. Among Catholics, for example, its very common to explicitly distinguish between Young Earth Creationism (YEC) and Old Earth Creationism (OEC) since both positions are considered permissible theological opinions. I try to never use "creationism" unqualified since all Christians and many/most (all?) other religious groups are going to believe in some view about the creation of the universe by some entity or being, the specific way in which that happened will be disputed but ultimately "creation" is universal in that regard.
- Ekaros 3y ago
  Isn't whole creationism rather judeo-christian viewpoint? So basically 3 of the major religions. Others are quite far from that.
  - KptMarchewa 3y ago
    Not since John Paul 2.
  - User23 3y ago
    I’m not sure what you mean by “whole creationism.” Do you mean a transcendent God who exists outside spacetime and created it ex nihilo? The three Abrahamic faiths definitely believe that. However there are other faiths that believe spacetime is eternal and that the Creator created the world or possibly the universe out of eternally existing matter. I get the impression that Hindus and maybe Mormons believe something along those lines. If we abstract we can identify eternal universe vs created universe and intelligently designed universe vs random but we sure did get lucky universe as two independent dimensions. I don’t know of any created/lucky faiths, but the standard model is compatible with eternal/lucky.

TheFreim 3y ago

It's going to depend on who you are around. Among Catholics, for example, its very common to explicitly distinguish between Young Earth Creationism (YEC) and Old Earth Creationism (OEC) since both positions are considered permissible theological opinions. I try to never use "creationism" unqualified since all Christians and many/most (all?) other religious groups are going to believe in some view about the creation of the universe by some entity or being, the specific way in which that happened will be disputed but ultimately "creation" is universal in that regard.

Ekaros 3y ago
Isn't whole creationism rather judeo-christian viewpoint? So basically 3 of the major religions. Others are quite far from that.
- KptMarchewa 3y ago
  Not since John Paul 2.
- User23 3y ago
  I’m not sure what you mean by “whole creationism.” Do you mean a transcendent God who exists outside spacetime and created it ex nihilo? The three Abrahamic faiths definitely believe that. However there are other faiths that believe spacetime is eternal and that the Creator created the world or possibly the universe out of eternally existing matter. I get the impression that Hindus and maybe Mormons believe something along those lines. If we abstract we can identify eternal universe vs created universe and intelligently designed universe vs random but we sure did get lucky universe as two independent dimensions. I don’t know of any created/lucky faiths, but the standard model is compatible with eternal/lucky.